I am currently a research assistant at the Gender and ICT research programme (IN3 – UOC), where I support various projects, including data collection, fieldwork, report writing, implementation of the communication strategy, and organisation of scientific activities and social events. My educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Social Anthropology from URV and a Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication from UV. Additionally, I have completed postgraduate studies in Applied Social Research at the UAB and Citizen Participation from URV, as well as a Master’s degree in Strategic Communication from URV.
Previously, I worked as a research assistant on several projects at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, focusing on communication and cultural studies. During my professional career, I have also worked as a project coordinator in the NGO environmental sector and as a consultant in corporate social responsibility and gender equality in the public sector. In these sectors, I have carried out evaluation studies and developed action plans.
My main areas of expertise are organisational strategic communication, project monitoring and project implementation, with a particular focus on sustainability and gender equality. Methodologically, my main skills are qualitative research methods, with a special focus on ethnography, in-depth interviews, and participatory action research. As a researcher, in addition to working as an assistant at Gender and ICT, I have conducted research on the social memory of the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship recreated in oral history and in social media, and on the evolving representations and communication practices of rural women in Spain from a gender and ecofeminist perspective.
Contact
Email: mromanose@uoc.edu
ORCID: 0000-0001-9531-9046
Social: LinkedIn, Twitter
Publications
Castelló, E. [Enric], & Romano, M. J. [María José] (2023). Shepherdesses: new representations of rural women in Spain. Feminist Media Studies, 23(4), 1659-1675. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2021.1992646 Link to full text
Fàbregues, S. [Sergi], Sáinz, M. [Milagros], Romano, M. J. [María José], Escalante-Barrios, E. L. [Elsa Lucía], Younas, A. [Ahtisham], & López-Pérez, B-S. [Beatriz-Soledad] (2023). Use of mixed methods research in intervention studies to increase young people’s interest in STEM: A systematic methodological review. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.956300
Sáinz, M. [Milagros], Fàbregues, S. [Sergi], Romano, M. J. [María José], & López, B-S. [Beatriz-Soledad] (2022). Interventions to increase young people’s interest in STEM. A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 954996. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.954996
Sáinz, M. [Milagros], Fàbregues, S. [Sergi], Rodó-de-Zárate, M. [Maria], Martínez-Cantos, J.L [José-Luis], Arroyo, L. [Lidia], & Romano, M.J. [María José]. (2020). Gendered Motivations to Pursue Male-Dominated STEM Careers Among Spanish Young People: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Career Development, 47(4), 408–423. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845318801101
Sáinz, M. [Milagros], Martínez, J. L. [José Luis], Rodo, M. [Maria], Romano, M. J. [María José], Arroyo, L. [Lídia], & Fabregues, S. [Sergi]. (2019). Young Spanish People’s Gendered Representations of People Working in STEM. A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 996. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00996
Müller, J. [Jörg], Fàbregues, S. [Sergi], Guenther, E. A. [Eñosabeth Anna], & Romano, M. J. [María José]. (2019). Using Sensors in Organizational Research–Clarifying Rationales and Validation Challenges for Mixed Methods. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01188
Sáinz, M. [Milagros], Castaño, C. [Cecilia], Meneses, J. [Julio], Fàbregues, S. [Sergi], Müller, J. [Jörg], Rodó, M. [María], Martínez, J.L. [José Luis], Romano, M. J. [María José], Arroyo, L. [Lídia], Garrido, N. [Natalia]. (2017). ¿Por qué no hay más mujeres STEM? Se buscan ingenieras, físicas y tecnólogas. Ariel.
Romano, M.J. [María José]. (2017). Memoria y justicia en las redes. Facebook en la acción colectiva por la memoria histórica en España. En L. Quílez & J.C. Rueda (Eds.) Posmemoria de la Guerra Civil y el franquismo. Narrativas audiovisuales y producciones culturales en el siglo XXI (pp. 215-231). Comares.
Castelló, E. [Enric], & Romano, M.J. [María José]. (2016). Wind on the fog. A Reflection on the Policy of Historical Memory at Televisió de Catalunya through the Documentary Perseguits i salvats. Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies, 8, 159-166. https://doi.org/10.1386/cjcs.8.1.159_1 Link to full text
Buch i Moya, M. [Miquel], Pigrau Solé, A. [Antoni], Gelonch i Monné, M. [Montserrat], Álvarez Oneca, C. [Cándido], Andreu i Florenza, T. [Txema], Romano Serrano, M. J. [María José], Roca i Parellada, J. F. [Joan Francesc], Ollé i Bidó, E. D. [Enric Daniel], & Rodríguez Beas, M. [Marina]. (2011). Ens locals i energía. Associació Catalana de Municipis.
Reus. Àrea de Medi Ambient (2007). Reus és colors, la campanya. Ajuntament de Reus.
Romano, M.J. [María José]. (2005). Llanos del Caudillo. Memoria e historia oral de un pueblo de la colonización agraria. Ciudad Real: Ayuntamiento de Llanos del Caudillo.
Romano, M.J. [María José]. (2004). Diseñar los sueños. Publicidad o cómo confundir ideales, identidades y objetos, Opcions. Información para el consumo responsable, 11, 27-29.